St. Croix and Virgin Island Divers, zoom into the areas you swim and dive at and click on the water for bottom type and ocean bottom structure type.
Coral reefs can take a variety of forms, defined in following:
Fringing reef - a reef that is directly attached to a shore or borders it with an intervening shallow channel or lagoon.
Barrier reef - a reef separated from a mainland or island shore by a deep lagoon (see Great Barrier Reef).
Patch reef - an isolated, often circular reef, usually within a lagoon or embayment.
Apron reef - a short reef resembling a fringing reef, but more sloped; extending out and downward from a point or peninsular shore.
Bank reef - a linear or semi-circular shaped-outline, larger than a patch reef.
Ribbon reef - a long, narrow, somewhat winding reef, usually associated with an atoll lagoon.
Atoll reef - a more or less circular or continuous barrier reef extending all the way around a lagoon without a central island.
Table reef - an isolated reef, approaching an atoll type, but without a lagoon.
Virgin Islands National Park is a United States National Park covering approximately 60% of the island of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands, plus a few isolated sites on the neighboring island of St. Thomas. The park is famous for scuba diving and snorkeling and has miles of hiking trails through tropical forests.
Ferries from Red Hook and Charlotte Amalie on Saint Thomas make regular stops at Cruz Bay, Saint John, near the park, which averages 725,000 visitors per year.
One of the Virgin Islands National Park's most famous attractions is Trunk Bay, which sports a white sand beach and underwater snorkeling trail, although the trail's chronic overuse has led to extensive coral bleaching along its path.
The park includes the sugar-plantation-ruins-littered Cinnamon Bay Nature Trail and the Bourdeaux Mountain Trail that leads to the highest point on the island at 1,277 feet (389 m) above sea level, and whose view is best described as "what you must see from heaven". The most popular hike, however, is the Reef Bay Trail. This route paves the way to witnessing the beauty of the surrounding forestlands, remnants of sugar mills, historical petroglyph rock carvings, a spring-fed waterfall and reflection pool, and a chance for rest and relaxation or snorkeling excitement at Genti Bay.
Visitors can stay on Saint John nearby but off-park land, or they may elect to stay in one of the park's two campgrounds, Maho Bay and Cinnamon Bay, which offer varying levels of comfort. The park is free of hotels and resort, with a notable exception, the Caneel Bay resort on the north shore, which lies on RockefellerŐs former personal estate.
Virgin Islands National Park also includes Hassel Island, just off Charlotte Amalie harbor, as well as a few isolated sites on the island of St. Thomas.
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This St. Croix US Virgin Islands map has searchable and clickable features. Map has most major resort and hotel locations and beaches, tourist locations, points of interest, and historic locations. For divers, click in the water for bottom type information (Coral, sand, mud);etc. This East St. Croix US Virgin Island Map is also great for hikers, boaters, visiting tourists, divers, beach goers, and vacation planning.
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